Location
CoLab, COM 100
Start Date
1-5-2025 2:45 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Antibiotic resistance has become a major problem in the medical field, and this problem continues to expand every day. To find new promising antibiotic candidates, I took a soil sample from Liberty, Missouri, counted the bacteria in the sample, and found potential candidates. I have screened multiple soil microbes for their antibiotic activity and have identified a potential antibiotic producing candidate using genetic and metabolic approaches. I am hopeful that this candidate will be shown to produce an antibiotic that can be used to treat infections that are resistant to known antibiotics.
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Candidate For A New Antibiotic
CoLab, COM 100
Antibiotic resistance has become a major problem in the medical field, and this problem continues to expand every day. To find new promising antibiotic candidates, I took a soil sample from Liberty, Missouri, counted the bacteria in the sample, and found potential candidates. I have screened multiple soil microbes for their antibiotic activity and have identified a potential antibiotic producing candidate using genetic and metabolic approaches. I am hopeful that this candidate will be shown to produce an antibiotic that can be used to treat infections that are resistant to known antibiotics.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Heather Seitz, Biology.